After about nine months, work is almost completed on new traffic lights in downtown McMinnville at the Second Street intersections with Baker and Adams streets.
"We're essentially done," said Project ...

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The annual “Pints for Paws” fundraiser to benefit Homeward Bound Pets will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, at Golden Valley Brewery. For every pint of beer purchased during the event, $1 will be donated to the shelter. For more information, call Homeward Bound
at 503-472-0341.

A hearing is scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, on a motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit against the county, by former employee Murray Paolo.
Paolo is suing the county along with County Administrator ...

A Yamhill County Circuit Court jury ruled Wednesday in favor of former longtime Advanced Smile Design employees Linda Hixson and Sherry McMullen, who were sued by McMinnville dentist Dr. James Nelson.
The ...

County department heads will present their annual budget requests to the county commissioners April 2 and 3, in room 32 of the Yamhill County Courthouse.
The reports will include a breakdown of how much ...

McMinnville School Board members approved a calendar for 2018-19 on a split vote, with some objecting to holding conferences during the week of Thanksgiving, leaving only one class day that week.
Larry ...

WILLAMINA — The Willamina City Council is taking a tougher stand against owners of abandoned and discarded vehicles.
An abandoned vehicle is considered unclaimed and/or unoccupied on public property, ...

People have asked about the lack of recent updates on various sagas still swirling around the Evergreen campus. The best answer is legal conflicts evolve slowly, often with lengthy gaps between newsworthy ...

People in downtown McMinnville will be seeing more of Police Officer Tim Heidt, as the first of several efforts to quell concerns about safety in the neighborhood.
Heidt ordinarily works the downtown ...

Erasing the graffiti discovered March 5 has cost McMinnville School District more than $10,750, facility director Pete Keenan told the school board Monday.
One student has been charged, and another is ...

McMinnville will have its own TED Talk in 2019 — sort of.
TEDx, the localized offspring of the famous TED Talk conferences that give A-list speakers like Bill Clinton, Jane Goodall and Bono 18 minutes ...

Second Winds Community Band will mark its 20th anniversary with a special concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 18, in the McMinnville Community Center. Admission is free; donations will be accepted.
The band ...

Doug Cruikshank, a longtime Habitat for Humanity construction volunteer, will be honored for his service Saturday at the Portland Trail Blazers game at the Moda Center.
The McMinnville resident was chosen ...

The Yamhill County Master Gardeners Association and the Yamhill County OSU Extension Service present their fifth annual Spring into Gardening series of workshops from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 17, ...

Colton Smith came off the bench to make a critical steal with less than 10 seconds left in the game, and Aaron Baune dropped in a pair of free throws as the Grizzlies survived Tigard, 61-58. in a first ...

McMinnville's 11th-ranked girls' basketball team could not find the mojo to get past St. Mary's Academy Tuesday night, falling in the first round of the state tournament to the Blues at the Furnace, 54-52.
After ...